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Days on the Road = 92 (13 Weeks & 1 Day) Today is our youngest birthday, "Happy Birthday Sweetheart" XXXXX We are now on official school holidays which the girls are really happy about and so is the home tutor. It has certainly been a learning curve, home schooling the girls but they are doing really well. We started our day with a visit to the Mirima National Park with sandstone ranges that are approximately 350 million years old. The colours in the rock formations are just stunning and they have been liked to the "Bungles Bungles" and as such they call these the mini Bungle Bungles. We take a short walk along a track to the lookout that took us up to the top of the range where we see the spectacular views over the ... read more

Days on the Road = 86 Days (12 Weeks & 2 Days) Today we set off towards Kununurra with a view to stopping overnight in a free overnight campsite as it is quite a distance to go and we didn't want to arrive at night. What we have noticed particularly since Broome is that there have been significant bush fires along the way and today was not exception. Burnt bushland after burnt bushland. Not sure whether any of you have watched the movie "Wolfe Creek" but it is really scary and we've decided not to visit as it would be too freaky so instead we take a photo of the sign as we pass! Hahaha.... Our first pit-stop is Halls Creek for a brief and I say brief lunch and toilet break, it is not a ... read more

Days on the Road = 82 Days (11 Weeks & 5 Days) 16th September 2012 Today we caught up with one of Charles' old work colleagues, Rob for a drink at the Mangrove Hotel and then we stayed on for a bite to eat where I enjoyed a lovely plate of fresh prawns and even better they were half price. Yum. The hotel was located very close to the mangroves, hence the name, so we didn't stay too long as we didn't want to be eaten alive by the midges. It was a lovely day and the hotel offered a fantastic view which should be fully appreciated at high tide! 17th September 2012 The girls have been real troopers when it comes to doing their schooling and have been progressing really well and generally after a ... read more

Days on the Road = 71 Days (10 Weeks & 1 Day) Sunday 2nd September 2012 Today is another celebration of the Shinju Matsuri Festival with a street parade followed by a concert. The street parade was held in the latter half of the afternoon where many people lined the streets coming into Chinatown and we waited for the arrival of the floats which are in celebration of multiculturalism, organisations and entertainers in Broome. The Carnival of Nations and Float Parade is an opportunity to encourage tolerance, understanding and mutual respect between locals, new arrivals and the ethnic and cultural communities in Broome. It reminded me of the Christmas Pageant in Perth, minus Santa of course but none the less it was very entertaining and we saw many different designs of floats, colours, dancing, Elvis (ahubbahubba) ... read more

Days on the Road = 62 Days (8 Weeks 6 Days) Today is a big day, firstly my cousin (Trevor) who I haven't seen in well over ten years is flying in for a brief overnight visit and Broome's Shinju Matsuri "Festival of the Pearl" starts today with a street carnival in the evening, but first of all to get the schooling done..... Okay schoolwork done for the week, I have the weekend off yeh time to have some fun. Now to head to the airport to pick up my cousin. Broome International Airport is located in the heart of Broome so it's amazing to watch the planes come into land as you can get really close to the runway, probably not very good on the eardrums but that’s what fingers were made for. Now to ... read more